Unit 1 American Colonial Settlement

Introduction

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In this unit we will cover:

• North Carolina Geography
• Early Native Americans
• 3 Colonial Empires in the Americas
• 13 British Colonies
• Colonial Economics
• Colonial Government
• Slavery vs Indentured Servitude
• Salem Witches
• Pirates

🥅 Standard(s)/Objective(s)

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Unit Compelling Question: How did European settlement patterns impact the development of regional identities in North America?

Create a timeline sequencing the settlement of the North American colonies.

Analyze timelines to examine the purpose and effect of mercantilism.

Compare primary and secondary sources to determine the relationship between the colonies and their mother country.

Interpret and explain historical passages to understand early forms of colonial government.

Identify and interpret bias in historical information from a variety of text sources to determine perspectives of settlement on native peoples.

Analyze the different forms of art, literature, and music to determine the differences in colonial regional identity.

Analyze past events in terms of cause and effect to determine their relationship and create alternative solutions.

Identify and describe two or three big ideas influenced the overall development of the North American colonies.

Collect and interpret historical data from a variety of sources.

Formulate historical questions derived from a variety of sources to provide purpose for understanding the settlement of North America.

Standards:

History

8.H.1.1 Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues.

8.H.1.2 Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context.

8.H.1.3 Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.

8.H.1.4 Use historical inquiry to evaluate the validity of sources used to construct historical narratives (e.g. formulate historical questions, gather data from a variety of sources, evaluate and interpret data and support interpretations with historical evidence).

8.H.1.5 Analyze the relationship between historical context and decision-making

Generalization: History is created over time and from various perspectives.
Essential Question: ●What was the impact of colonization on the Native Populations in North America?

Generalization: Competition between nations may influence settlement patterns.
Essential Question: ●How did the competition between European countries influence the development North America?

Civics & Government

8.C&G.2.3 Explain the impact of human and civil rights issues throughout North Carolina and United States history

Economics

8.E.1.1 Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline (e.g. economic depressions and recessions).

Geography

8.G.1.1  Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.
8.G.1.2 Understand the human and physical characteristics of regions in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. physical features, culture, political organization and ethnic make-up).
8.G.1.3 Explain how human and environmental interaction affected quality of life and settlement patterns in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. environmental disasters, infrastructure development, coastal restoration and alternative sources of energy)

Culture

8.C.1.2 Summarize the origin of beliefs, practices, and traditions within NC and the USA

Key Vocabulary

Political Economy - Political economy is the study of production and trade and their relations with law, custom and government; and with the distribution of national income and wealth

Migration - The Movement of People within a country (state or region)

Piedmont - a gentle slope leading from the base of mountains to a region of flat land. See Piedmont Region of NC

Immigration - The Movement of people from one country to another country.

Colonialism - the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

Settlement - a place, typically one that has hitherto been uninhabited, where people establish a community.

Interpretation - the action of explaining the meaning of something.

Assimilation - the absorption and integration of people, ideas, or culture into a wider society or culture.

Society - the community of people living in a particular country or region and having shared customs, laws, and organizations.

Colony - a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country.

Import - A good produced in another country and shipped to your country.

Export - A good produced in your country and shipped to a different country.

Economy - the wealth and resources of a country or region, especially in terms of the production and consumption of goods and services.

Charter - a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power, by which a body such as a company, college, or city is founded and its rights and privileges defined.

Monarchy - a form of government with a monarch at the head. ( King or Royal Family)

Imperialism - a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.

Mercantilism - the economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.

Triangular Trade - used to refer to the trade in the 18th and 19th centuries that involved shipping goods from Britain to West Africa to be exchanged for slaves, these slaves being shipped to the West Indies and exchanged for sugar, rum, and other commodities which were in turn shipped back to Britain. 

Plantation - an estate on which crops such as coffee, sugar, and tobacco are cultivated by resident labor.

Native Americans - a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America. (usually broken down by tribe)